فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

In COVID pandemic, attending the continuing medical education, workshops, and conferences withphysical attendance is not possible. We designed, developed, and hosted the first of its kind academicvirtual/online conference at par with an in‑person academic conference to disseminate the expertiseof the renowned subject experts along with researchers to present their research work due to theongoing pandemic. We, in this article, had summarized the most critical steps in order to make theprocess easier for first‑timers while providing our more comprehensive walkthroughs on each step.We choose a live session of the speakers on the Zoom meeting mode to retain the atmosphere ofa live conference. WhatsApp, Google (Google Meet and E‑mail), and Kahoot were other platformsto communicate with speakers, researchers, and participants to seamlessly participate. A numberof advantages in terms of protection for delegates/speakers and their families came from the VirtualConference on Nutrition and Health, restricting the spread of COVID‑19, low budget for organizers,economically much cheaper alternatives both for speakers and participants, dissemination ofknowledge, time productive, and meeting research paper presentation eligibility for a professionalcourse. When one is new to technology, try adding an innovative aspect as a starting point to futurevirtual and in‑person events, and seeing how it works is imperative. Ensuring Internet bandwidth,updated hardware, or webcam and/or microphone functionality at the participant end is critical.